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The New Mithraeum Database

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult.

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Monumentum

Male figure with offerings from Dieburg
A standing half naked man makes offerings to an altar while holding a cornucopia in his other hand.
TNMM412 – CIMRM 1255, 1256
From Germany
D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) // Priscinius Sedulius / Primulus fratres / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) l(aeti) m(erito).
Monumentum

Statue of a mother goddess with child
This unusual statue in Mithraic iconography of a mother nursing a child was found in the vestibule of the Mithraeum of Dieburg.
TNMM647 – CIMRM 1262
From Germany
Monumentum

Two-sided relief of Dieburg
The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.
TNMM231 – CIMRM 1247
From Germany
[Side A:] D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Silves/trius / Silvi/nius et Silvestrius Pe[rpetus et A]urelius nepos / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) l(aeti) m(erito). / Perpetus fra/te[r] artis sutor(iae). …
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Dieburg
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
TNMM232 – CIMRM 1246
From Germany
Monumentum

Altar of Hermadio from Tibiscum
This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.
TNMM579 – CIMRM 2153
From Romania
S(oli) I(nvicto) N(umini) M(ithrae) / pro salute / P(ubli) Ael(i) Mari / Hermadio / act(or) Turran(i) / Dii v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Iron sword and crown of Güglingen
Several iron fragments found in the second mithraeum of Güglingen may have been used during mithraic ceremonies.
TNMM377
From Germany
Monumentum

Taurcotony of Nesce
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.
TNMM420 – CIMRM 650, 651
From Italy
Apronianus rei p(ublicae) ark(arius) sua pecunia fecit.
Monumentum

Altar of Rufius Caeionius Sabinus
In this 4th-century Roman altar, the senator Rufius Caeionius Sabinus defines himself as Pater of the sacred rites of the unconquered Mithras, having …
TNMM756 – CIMRM 522
From Italy
M(atri) d(eorum) m(agnae) I(daeae) et Attidi Menoturanno s(acrum). Nobilis in causis forma celsusq(ue) Sabinus Hie pater Invieti mystica victor habet, Sermo duos...... reservans Consimiles aufert…
Monumentum

Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri
This inscription by a certain Memmius Placidus is the first ever found signed by a Heliodromus.
TNMM512
From Italy
[Deo Soli Invic]/[to Mi]thrae / [Mem]mius Pla/cidus helio/dromus sacr/atus a Curtio / Iuvenale patre / votum [solvit] / [libens merito].
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Tauroctony on intaglio
Large intaglio engraved with Mithras as bull slayer surrounded by a peculiar version of Cautes and Cautopates and other celestial deities.
TNMM755